IK Comet Halden is an
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
club based in
Halden
Halden (), between 1665 and 1928 known as Fredrikshald, is both a town and a municipality in Viken county, Norway. The municipality borders Sarpsborg to the northwest, Rakkestad to the north and Aremark to the east, as well as the Swedish mun ...
,
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. They currently play in the
First Division. They play their home games in
Halden Ishall. Their team colours are green, black and white.
History
Ishockeyklubben Comet was founded in 1961. Without a rink of their own, and struggling in the shadow of local greats
Sparta Warriors
Ishockeyklubben Sparta Sarpsborg, commonly referred to as the Sparta Warriors, is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Sarpsborg, Norway. They currently play in the GET League. They play their home games in the Sparta Amfi arena and is Norway's ...
and
Stjernen the club found it hard to get a breakthrough. In 1988 they got their own arena,
Halden Ishall, and settled in the second highest league for most of the nineties.
In 1997 however an economical crisis forced the club to withdraw, and start again in the third division. Helped on by Swedish businessman
Siwert Hjalmarsson the club again found its feet, and started to climb in the standings. In the spring of 2004 Comet had their greatest day so far, when, after beating
Hasle/Løren in the final qualifying game, secured promotion to the top league.
The problems surrounding their arena however put dark clouds on the horizon. With its 1200 capacity and limited facilities
Halden Ishall is not of
GET-ligaen
Eliteserien, known as Fjordkraftligaen due to sponsorship, is the premier Norwegian ice hockey league, organised by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association. It comprises 10 clubs and works on the premise of promotion and relegation, in which the t ...
standards.
In 2008 I.K. Comet reached the semi-finals for the first time after upsetting derby rivals Sparta in seven games of the quarter-finals. (4-2 in games)
In October 2009, the club went bankrupt after a long period of financial troubles. The club restarted on the second tier in 2010.
Season-by-season results
''This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by Comet. For the full season-by-season history, see
List of IK Comet seasons.''
Former players
;
* Timo Hakanen
;
* Tor Sønju Bårnes
* Jo Magnus Hegg
* Jesper Hoel
* Inge Stokvik
* Henrik Bjørneby
* Øyvind Andreassen
;
* Peter Andersson
* Magnus Eriksson
* Mattias Gudmundsson
* Mattias Guter
References
External links
*
Ice hockey teams in Norway
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